Chapter 29 Bait
"Everyone is here, be careful along the way and make sure nothing goes wrong." A patrol chief in charge of the handover led out a group of prisoners being held behind him.
At the same time, he took out the official document and asked Liang Chuanshan and the others to confirm it.
Although he and Liang Chuanshan were nominally at the same level of official position, and there was no distinction between superior and subordinate, his actions still showed a condescending attitude, and there was no politeness in his words.
This is a psychological characteristic shared by most officials working in the General Directorate. Compared with local officials, they always have a superior mentality.
Song Changming looked at the patrol chief who was affiliated with the general department.
This man was as tall as a bear, at least over two meters tall!
The face is fierce, especially the pair of eyes, which are full of determination. Just looking at each other can make people shudder.
"What a strong evil spirit!" Song Changming had killed many criminals in the Patrol Division in the past two years, but it was difficult for him to have such a strong evil spirit.
I really don’t know how much blood this person’s hands have been stained with.
"Huh?" Lu Zheng was keenly aware of the gaze falling on him, and raised his eyes to glance at Song Changming.
The reason why he cares about Song Changming is because even the general's patrol guards don't dare to look at him at all on weekdays.
After looking at him, he was still calm and calm. In any case, the courage of the young local patrolman in front of him was commendable.
Lu Zheng thought like this, but he did not praise or embarrass the young patrolman Song Changming. After handing over the task, he turned back to the headquarters without delaying for long.
Liang Chuanshan flipped through the list of prisoners he got, and the more he read, the more frightened he became.
I couldn't help but look up, and happened to look at each other Qian Wen and Zhao Dezhi.
All three of them saw shock in each other's eyes.
There are wanted criminals with tens of thousands of silver bounties on their heads, famous knights, family bosses whose homes were confiscated, and officials who committed serious crimes. There are twenty-five serious prisoners in total, and each of them has a good background.
"I never thought that one day I would be able to come into contact with such serious criminals."
Compared with these prisoners, as the patrol commander, he can only be regarded as a nobody.
If he had met these people before becoming a prisoner, he would not have even dared to speak too loudly.
"Mother, there is nothing to be afraid of. The past is like a cloud of smoke, and now they are just prisoners waiting to be questioned and executed!" Liang Chuanshan whispered to himself.
After putting away the list and official documents, the shackled and disheveled prisoners were all put into the large iron cage of the prison van and tied up with thick chains.
No matter what their past identities were, there is no dignity at all among these prisoners now, only abjection and despair.
"Let's go back."
The team headed towards Houli Street.
On the way back, Song Changming also learned the previous identities of these prisoners from Liang Chuanshan Pass, and his heartstrings tightened inexplicably.
"I always feel like something is wrong with this mission. Why did the General Directorate suddenly decide to transport these prisoners to our Patrol Division for processing?" Song Changming asked in confusion.
"It is said that there are too many felons in the General Division Prison, and there are not enough cells. There was indeed a similar situation in the past." Liang Chuanshan explained.
"Is that so?" Song Changming heard this and said nothing more.
Maybe that's true.
only.
Song Changming glanced around. The prison vans passed through streets one after another, escorted by more than 40 patrol guards. The formation was still quite large.
Therefore, many civilians stopped and watched along the way, pointing at the prisoners in the prison car.
Logically speaking, no one in this county would dare to be so bold as to rob a prison car.
But if someone really wants to rescue the felon in the prison car, the time during the transportation is undoubtedly the most likely time to succeed.
"Probably not," Song Changming thought to himself.
This was a spur-of-the-moment decision by the Director-General. But is this really a spur-of-the-moment decision from above?
"Go away, go away! Don't block the road!" The patrolman walking in front sternly shouted to disperse the onlookers who came too close.
After walking out of the Jinxiu Street area and about to return to Houli Street, a beggar in the crowd was suddenly squeezed out of the crowd and fell in the middle of the road wailing.
Song Changming almost instinctively grabbed the handle of the knife at his waist with his right hand.
"Tug away, drag away." Qian Wen patted the patrol guard on the back, pointed at the beggar who fell to the ground, and said impatiently, not wanting to delay the team's progress.
The patrol immediately ran all the way to drive away the beggar who fell to the ground.
Suddenly, the beggar turned over and thrust out the short blade in his hand.
The guard had no time to react before his neck was pierced by the short blade, and blood spurted out.
Then the beggar pulled out the guard's saber and chopped down another guard who was walking in the front again.
This man's attacks were fierce and swift, and he didn't look like the beggar he had been before.
"alert!"
"Enemy attack!"
"Killing!"
"Killing!"
In an instant, the guards drew their swords one after another, and the civilians who were spectators around them also screamed and backed away, and the scene was chaotic.
The front group of patrolmen, led by Qian Wen, had already rushed towards the beggar.
At this time, at the rear of the team, several more people came out of the crowd and fought with Zhao Dezhi's patrol.
"It's organized and premeditated. They're here for a certain felon in the prison van!" Song Changming realized this and stared at the chaotic crowd on both sides of the prison van.
"Don't mess up, protect the prison car!" After hearing what Song Changming said, Liang Chuanshan came to his senses and shouted, mobilizing his patrol guards who were already at a loss to take up their positions.
While stabilizing the situation, he also immediately released the smoke bomb on his body.
Almost at the same time, several people rushed out from both sides.
They wore common people's cloth outside to cover their ears and eyes, and wore inner armor to protect their bodies. They also wore colorful masks to hide their faces when moving. All actions were done in one go, and it was obvious that they had been planning for a long time.
With a scream, another patrolman on one side was quickly chopped down.
A man wearing a raccoon mask suddenly jumped ten feet high, as light as a swallow, and landed on one of the prison cars.
"Brother Liu!" He faced the prison car and was about to slash at the chains with his sword when a light from one side of the sword suddenly struck him, forcing him to turn the blade to block it.
"What a powerful force!"
He only felt his arm go numb, and he was directly chopped off the prison car by the other party.
Song Changming did not pursue him, he just stood on the prison car and stared at the opponent with his sword drawn horizontally.
He has determined that the target of this group of people is the prisoner next to him.
The prisoner, who was originally with his head down and his hair disheveled, regained some energy at this time and looked up.
Although his face was covered in blood, he could still vaguely confirm that he was a rather heroic man who looked to be no more than 30 years old.
"Brother Liu, take the knife!" On the other side, another person who wanted to rob the prison car threw out a steel knife and tried to hand it to the person in the prison car.
Song Changming, however, had already been alert to his surroundings. He stepped out with a flying kick and cut off the thrown steel knife halfway.
For a time, the line of defense built by him alone was unbreakable, making those who robbed the prison car grit their teeth.
(End of chapter)